In an earlier post to my site, I discussed the fact that Admiral William McRaven has confirmed that a critical passage in No Easy Day was incorrect. As I thought more about that passage in which Osama bin Laden allegedly pokes his head out of his room and takes at least two headshots, but is later found (albeit seconds later) lying inside his room mortally wounded, I have come to the conclusion that it is an improbable scenario.

As some of you know, I am a very realistic science fiction thriller writer.  As such, I pay careful attention to details such as this.  I have researched (not personally mind you) what happens when humans are shot.  Based on my research, it is virtually impossible for a person to take a gunshot to his forehead or temple and still be able to duck back into a room where he would fall into a supine position.  If I recall correctly, death photos of Osama bin Laden and recounts of his injuries detail a shot or shots to those areas.  From what I have been able to research, that person would have crumpled in place at the door sill upon being shot in the temple or forehead.

I am not going to get into any discussion whether “Mark Owen” was or was not on the team that killed Osama bin Laden, I obviously have no facts either way.  Nor do I have any information whether “Owens” was right behind the lead SEAL or not.  I suspect those facts will come out eventually to either dispute or confirm “Owen’s” account.  There is one report that says “Mark Owen” abruptly left the SEALs after a falling out with his team.  Apparently many in the SEAL community feel betrayed by “Owen’s” book and his offer to share the profits with SEAL related charities has been rejected by the prominent Nay SEAL Foundation.  Others are expected to follow.

What I find interesting is that this book was announced shortly after the Super PAC video of “SEALs” attacking President Obama’s role in green lighting the mission and accusing him of using the bin Laden death for political purposes.  Strangely this book according to news reports takes on the same accusatory tone.

Has anyone dug into who financed the writing of this book?  I personally find the political comments, the timing of the book’s release, the fact that it appears to dismiss President Obama’s role in the matter, and the fact that it picks up on the conservative theme that the Obama Administration has used this raid for political purposes troubling.

I reassert that No Easy Day may, in fact, be a very sophisticated “Swift Boating” exercise.